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HARRIs H. HAYDRMOF New YORK,

IPATENT OFFICE.

N. Y., AssIGNoR To THE AUTOMATIC PARCEL DELlVERY COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

STORE-SERVICE APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATIONV forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,525, dated March6, 1883. Appiication fin-,a May e, Issa. (No model.)

To all ywhom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRIS H. HAYDEN, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new'l anduseful Improvements in Store-Service A'pparatus,ot which the followingis a specification.

l My invention is an improvement in that class of store-serviceapparatus in which the carriers are moved on ways by a traveling belt 1oor band; and the invention consists in the supporting, propelling, anddetaching appliances, and in certain details of construction, fullydescribed hereinafter, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhichvFigure l is a transverse sectional elevation of acounter andstore-service apparatus, showing my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation ot' part of' the apparatus. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofpart of a way, belt, cartier,

2o and detachin'g device. Fig.4 is a plan of Fig.

3. Fig. 5 is atransverse section ofthe beltguide. Fig. 6 is amodification. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the movable rackj Fig. 8,the same with a spring-hinge. Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section ofslotted Y belt-gnideway,

vshowing a pivoted push-pin. Fig. l0 isaplan view ot' Fig. 9; and Fig.ll is an elevation of Athe two belt-guides arranged vas ways, showingthe positions of the pivoted push-pins.

The apparatus is supported by brackets O, or in any suitable manner,above the counter A, and a screen or curtain, E, of fabric or thinboards not only conceals the apparatus from customers, but serves as avery desirable support on which to displayfine goods, as laces, &c. Fromthe vertical portion of the bracket 0 eX- tend arms, which support theways, belt-guide, and receptacles 4for the carriers.

The belt-guide M may be flat, but I prefer 4o to make it grooved, asshown in Figs. l to 5, where it consists of two grooved moldings,m,arranged with their grooves opposite to each other to form a receptaclefor the belt or band s, leaving a central slot, t, through which extendthe push-pins o.A The moldings are connected at one side by cross-stripsu. This construction is simple, cheap, and very effective, the beltrunning smoothly and without noise, without kinking, and Vwith the sameefficiency 5o whether the pins project upward ordownward. The belt-guidemay constitute the way, or it may be above the way p, consisting of aflat strip ot' wood or metal, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, where the upperbelt-guide, M, constitutes the way from the cashiers desk past thecounters, and the strip p the returnway,each way being provided withside guard-rails, hh. The belts passes through the upper andlower guidesand round pulleys P, rotated by suitable appliances, the push-pins oextending up- 6o ward through the slot t of the upper guide and pushingthe carriers F placed thereon from the cashiers desk, thelowerbelt-guide having its slot below, so that the pendent pins may strikethe carriers on the waypand move them (5 toward the desk, a troughreceiving the oarriers as they are successively pushed off the end oftheway p to a position in front ot' the packers or cashier. The carriersmay be placed v on the ways at any point with equal facility, 7a

and may7 consist ofrectangularboXes,-as shown, provided with parallelcleats ffat the bottom, separated sufiiciently to receive the waybetween them. kCarriers of this construction may be made of paper,metal, or wood, and possess decided advantages over those heretoforemade, owing to the simplicity ot' theirconstruction,theircapacity,andcheapness. They may be open at the top orprovided with sliding or lianged covers, kept closed by springs 8o orother readily-acting device.

The detaching devices consist of a bracket,` K, carrying L-shapedadjustable stop-rods t', so set as to be str uck by inclined brackets Gat Vthe sides ofthe carriers. As a bracket C strikes one of the rods z'the carrier is grad- A ually tilted until it loses its balance and fallsinto a receptacle, R, arranged opposite the detaching device, andconsisting of parallel feltcovered strips w, or it may be a tleXiblepouch 9o or pocket ot' cloth, wire-cloth, or other strong and durablematerial, as in Figs. 7 and 8, supported by arms extending from thebrackets O, or by the ways. The rods i are bent.and set at differentheights, so that each is struck only by the carriers to be detached atthat counter or stat-ion,this being effected eitherl -by making the rodst' adj ustable on the bracket K, as in Fig. 1, or by making the rods andbracket in one piece, and securing the latter roo adjustably, as in Fig.3, where the take-oli' or stop is shown constructed with a. double rodand adjusting-holder to steady it in action. To from vthe way anddepositing it into a receptafacilitate the removal of the carrier fromthe track or pocket by persons who are unable to reach to the rack, Ihinge the rack-frame to the way M, and provide it with cords, by whichit may be drawn down, springs S or S2 serving to restore it to itsposition.

The guides M maybe madeof wood or metal, but the former is preferable inmost instances on account of cheapness, and the belt s may he ofleather, rubber, fabric, or of connected links of metal or othermaterial.

Where it is desired to save room the lower way may consist of the lowerbelt-carrier, and the pins o may extend to both sides of the belt, inwhich case the pulley I? must be divided or grooved to receive the innerpins, and the sections of both guides must be connected by U- shapedcross-braces, as shown in Fig.6, to allow the passage ofthe projectingpins, one arm of each of which will always be below the line or way.Instead of this arrangement, I may use that shown in Figs. 9, 10, andl1, wherethepins are L-shaped and pivotcd at their corners iu slots S inthe belt. so that on striking the guide M they may turn to the positionshown at the top in Fig. 1l to move the upper carriers, and on strikingthe guide M' they may turn to the position shown at the bottom to runthe lower carriers.

The pulleys l? may be driven by belts or otherwise; but as the presenceof gears, belts, and moving driving appliances is objectionable in astore-service system for many reasons, I secure a steady and uniformmotion, and avoid the use of devices for transmitting motion, byconnecting the pulleyshalt w (lirectly to the driving-wheel of anenginefor instance, the wheel-shaft of a Backus watermotor, V-to thecase of which wateris admitted by a pipe, V', and from which it passesthrough a pipe, V2. This arrangement may be employed with thedriving-wheels of different store-service systems, and steam or othermotor-Huid may be employed, or an electromotor.

It will be apparent that the pulleys P may be horizontal, in which casethe carriers will travel on ways at the sides of the heltguides. Thisarrangement will be serviceable when the ceiling is low, or where it isdesirable to have one way in front of and another behind the salesmen.Either one or both ofthe ways may be placed under the counter, ifdesired, or

otherwise disposed of, by the use of suitable guide-pulleys to directthe course of the belt.

I do not claim, broadly, detaching the carrier cle, nor carrierssuspended from a slotted tube and moved by a belt therein; nor do Iclaim making such receptacle movable and counterbalancing it, nordriving the belt by an engine on the frame, as these features are orwill be set forth in separate applications for Letters Patent.

I claiml. In a store-service apparatus, the combination of parallelstationary belt-guides arranged between the desk and counters,acontinuous belt, supported by said guides, provided with pinsprojecting beyond the guides, and passing around pulleys, and carrierdetaching devices, substantially as set forth.

2. The carriers consisting of boxes each pro' vided with cleats ff andwith a bracket, C, substantially as set forth.

3. The belt-guide consisting of grooved moldings arranged to leave anintermediate slot, and connected as specified.

4. The combination of the slotted stationary guides M and the belt s,traveling round pulleys through said guides, and provided with pins o,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the belt-guides and ways, otl detaching devicesconsisting of rods supported by the ways in respect to brackets on thecarriers, substantiallyas specitied.

6. The combination, with a way supporting a carrier and with means fordriving the latter, of a receptacle, R, at one side and a devicearranged at the opposite side and constructed to tilt and upset thecarrier, disconnect it from the driver, and deposit it in thcreceptacle, as specified.

7. The combination, with the traveling belt and way adjacent theretoadapted to receive and guide traveling carriers, of push-pins pivoted tothe belt, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. The combination of the guide and belt and tilting-rod i, adjustablevertically, and carriers and attachments, as specitied.

9. A receptacle pivoted to swing at one side of the Way, in combinationwith a spring to restore it to position after it is depressed, asspecified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRIS H. HAYDEN.

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GoLERiDGE A. HART, CONRAD R. SCHMITT.

